The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom pre-order guide
Clear your calendar and put your Steam Deck in storage, because The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom for Nintendo Switch finally arrives on May 12. Nintendo recently showed off 10 minutes of gameplay footage (embedded above), giving gamers their first look at how Tears of the Kingdom will look and run, answering several questions along the way about weapon durability, new abilities, and more. It also announced a limited edition Switch OLED console with a design inspired by the game. More details on that below.
There’s a lot of hype for the game, and Nintendo has priced it accordingly. The standard version of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom will retail for $69.99, which is $10 more than other Switch games. It can currently be pre-ordered from Amazon, GameStop, Best Buy, Walmart, and digitally through Nintendo.
Prices taken at time of publishing.
Tears of the Kingdom is the long-awaited follow-up to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and it launches on May 12.
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The $70 price tag is uncommonly high, even for a new Nintendo release, but there is a clever workaround for Nintendo Switch Online members. Nintendo Switch Online members can purchase a pair of Switch game vouchers for $99.98 through the Nintendo eShop. Each voucher can be redeemed for a single digital title on this list, regardless of cost, and you can bank up to eight vouchers for up to a year.
Ultimately, this saves you about $30 if you buy Tears of the Kingdom and another full-priced game. It’s a good deal, even though you have to pay to be a Switch Online member. If this all sounds a bit confusing, this article by Polygon editor Cameron Faulkner which breaks the process down in detail.
Prices taken at time of publishing.
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